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Mexico City Rolls Out 24/7 Holiday DUI Checks, 72 Drivers Detained on Day One

Officials cite steep crash reductions since 2003, with the 22-year program fielding continuous holiday checkpoints.

Una oficial de la SSC aplica el primer filtro de alcoholemia a conductores durante el banderazo de inicio del operativo Conduce Sin Alcohol para las fiestas decembrinas.
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Un control de los Mossos en una carretera catalana
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Overview

  • The Conduce Sin Alcohol campaign runs nonstop from December 12, 2025 to January 11, 2026 across all 16 boroughs with 1,130 review points.
  • In the first 24 hours, police conducted 13,422 AlcoStop screenings and 228 breath tests, sending 72 people to El Torito and towing 71 vehicles.
  • More than 500 SSC personnel participate daily, supported by health, mobility and legal teams, with external human-rights observers and civil society present.
  • Drivers over legal limits face a 60 UMA fine (about 6,514 pesos), 20–36 hours of administrative arrest and possible vehicle impoundment under the city’s transit rules.
  • Parallel holiday enforcement is underway in Catalonia and Spanish municipalities, where authorities are running random alcohol and drug controls at any hour through December 21.